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Marina Hendricks

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Title

Assistant Professor; Graduate Program Coordinator, Online Master of Mass Communication

Office Building

Yeager Hall

Office

211

Mailing Address

Yeager Hall 211
School of Communication & Journalism-Box 2235
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Dr. Marina Hendricks teaches Public Relations Writing, Introduction to the Master of Mass Communication, Integrated Marketing Communication and Cross-Platform Campaigns. Her research focuses on youth journalism, student journalists, issues in journalism and social media. In a previous life, she was communications director at the Newspaper Association of America (now News Media Alliance). A West Virginia native, she served as the founding editor of the FlipSide teen journalism program at The Charleston Gazette and also worked for an advertising and public relations agency.

Education

  • Ph.D. in journalism | University of Missouri-Columbia
  • M.A. in journalism and mass communication | Kent State University
  • B.A. in journalism | Marshall University

Academic Interests

  • Online education
  • Journalism
  • Public relations
  • Social media

Academic Responsibilities

  • Graduate coordinator, Online Master of Mass Communication
  • Faculty adviser, ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America
  • Coordinator, South Dakota High School Press Association

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication - Scholastic Journalism Division Head, 2021-2023
  • Journalism Education Association - State Director/South Dakota
  • Public Relations Society of America
  • Online News Association
  • International Communication Association

Awards and Honors

  • 2024 David Adams Scholastic Journalism Educator of the Year Award - AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division
  • 2024 Top Faculty Paper (co-author) - AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division
  • 2024 Certified Journalism Educator (renewal) - Journalism Education Association
  • 2021 Excellence in Online Teaching Award - South Dakota State University
  • 2020 Volunteer of the Year (with Fall 2020 Public Relations Writing students) - Visit Brookings
  • 2018 Top Faculty Paper (solo author), AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division 

Grants

  1. Lucchesi, R., Hendricks, M. A. and Anderson, J. (2021). Changing needs in tobacco cessation: Exploring coaching preferences among people of low socioeconomic status. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
  2. Anderson, J., Hendricks, M. A. and Lucchesi, R. (2021). College students and vaping. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
  3. Hendricks, M. A., Lucchesi, R. and Weaver, S. M. (2020). Young adults self-report on use of e-cigarettes/vaping devices. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
  4. Lucchesi, R., Hendricks, M. A. and Koehler, K. (2020). Technical and university student study on changing attitudes and behaviors related to e-cigarettes. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
  5. Domonoske, D., Hendricks, M. A. and Lucchesi, R. (2019). Investigation of educators’ needs on e-cigarette curriculum. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.

Work Experience

  • Director of communications/senior manager of communications, Newspaper Association of America, Arlington, Virginia 
  • Manager, Newspaper Association of America Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 
  • Editor/special projects editor, Newspaper Association of America/NAA Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 
  • Adjunct instructor, University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia 
  • FlipSide editor, Reporter and Special Projects Coordinator, The Charleston Gazette/Charleston Newspapers, Charleston, West Virginia 
  • Accounts coordinator, Perry Productions, Charleston, West Virginia 

Areas of Research

  • Youth journalism
  • Student journalists
  • Issues in journalism
  • Social media

Publications

  • Hill, M., Hendricks, M. A., Cavanah, S. and Bobkowski, P. (Accepted for publication). High school journalism field trips: Post-pandemic barriers and opportunities. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. 
  • Finneman, T, Hendricks, M. A. and Bobkowski, P. S. (2022). . Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. DOI:10.1177/10776958211062683.
  • Thomas, R. J. and Hendricks, M. A. (2019). Making class matter: Journalism and social class. In E. L. Perry and M. Len-Rios (Eds.), Cross-cultural journalism: Communicating strategically about diversity (2nd ed., pp. 77-99). Routledge.
  • Hendricks, M. A. and Thomas, R. J. (2018). Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 73(4), 454–468. DOI:10.1177/1077695817736688.
  • Russell, F. M., Hendricks, M. A., Choi, H. and Stephens, E. C. (2015). . Digital Journalism, 3(6), 925-943. DOI:10.1080/21670811.2014.995918.

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